Students and instructors for Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-17 arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Sunday, to take part in the seven-week course.

Hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, students will learn and apply the latest in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground communications and Foreign Humanitarian Assistance tactics.

Highlights of WTI will include a scenario-based, Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation and multiple large-scale, combined arms exercises.

Media will be invited to attend press conferences with the MAWTS-1 commanding officer and the NEO that will take place in Yuma, Arizona, mid-April. Future media advisories will be released with further details for attendance.
Please send requests for authorization to fly aboard military aircraft to 1st Lt Gabriel Adibe no later than 4 pm., March 16, 2017.

High-resolution imagery, internal media content and future media advisories will be available at https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/WTI#.VP3I5zYcTec.

Please send all media queries to 1st Lt. Gabriel Adibe at gabriel.adibe@usmc.mil.